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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
730 AM EDT MON MAR 10 2014

.DISCUSSION...
AN ELONGATED AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRETCH EASTWARD
FROM THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...AND
INTO THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC OCEAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN ATLANTIC
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
TUESDAY...BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY. THIS COLD FRONT SHOULD PASS
THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENTERING THE SOUTHWEST
ATLANTIC OCEAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. AN ATLANTIC RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD DOWN THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

FLZ076-077-078-111130-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST
730 AM EDT MON MAR 10 2014

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      TUE

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        MCLEAR       MCLEAR
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0
WEATHER TYPE          NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP                  79           67           81
RH %                  58           84           56
20FT WIND AM(MPH)     N  6                      SE  9
20FT WIND PM(MPH)     E  8         SE 8         S  10
PRECIP DURATION
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT
LAL                   1            1            1
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    3500         700          3500
TRANSPORT WND(MPH)    E  9         SE 9         SE 12
DISPERSION INDEX      39           10           40
MAX LVORI                          4

.REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS NEAR 70. SOUTH WINDS NEAR 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
80S. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40
PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER
70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 15 MPH...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN
10 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST
TO EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
HIGHS NEAR 80. EAST WINDS NEAR 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. LOWS NEAR 70. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 10 PERCENT BOTH SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY.

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